Knowledge-intensive Enterprises Research Articles

The Influence of Ambidextrous Knowledge Search on Technological Innovation: The Mediating Role of Knowledge Base

As an effective means of acquiring knowledge resources, knowledge search is an important driving force for enterprises to obtain competitive advantages. Based on ambidextrous theory, organizational search theory and knowledge base theory, this study constructs a theoretical framework for the effect of ambidextrous knowledge search on technological innovation performance. And empirically tests the mediating mechanism of knowledge base with the data of knowledge-intensive enterprises. The results show that both exploratory and exploitative search have positive effects on technological innovation performance, and significantly, the positive impact of exploratory searches was higher than that of exploitative searches. Moreover, the balance and combination of knowledge search have a significant positive impact on technological innovation performance respectively. However, the effect of combination is stronger when two search dimensions are considered at the same time. There is a mediating effect between ambidextrous knowledge search and technological innovation performance. Specifically speaking, knowledge base plays a complete mediating role for ambidextrous balance whereas a partial mediating role for ambidextrous combination. The conclusions reveal the mechanism of ambidextrous knowledge search, which can provide a certain theoretical guidance for enterprises to search external knowledge and improve innovation practice.

Review of organizational value of science-intensive organizations configuration models (rocket and space industry organization case)

The article studies main models for compiling organizational cost of scientific-intensive enterprises used in rocket and space industry. Practical application of the most important value configurations analysis has been carried out, as well as analysis of economic activity. The implementation potential of the most promising algorithms of value creation in knowledge-intensive enterprises of the Russian Federation has been assessed. The “Introduction” describes the latest trends in intangible asset management development. The “Research Methods” describes three configurations of value creation (chain, workshop, network) in detail. The “Research Results” describes current architecture of Roscosmos (Porter value chain and Osterwalder business model). In conclusion, the results of the work done have been summarized: relevance of these tools application and what model is best for Roscosmos to move to.

Diverse Diversity

The authors of this paper share a common background from the Northern Norway region, a rural county and the largest and least populated county of Norway. The region is characterised by high out-migration, lower educational levels, and higher drop-out rates from secondary education than in other regions of Norway. Limited educational provision makes it necessary for many young people in rural areas to leave home to take a secondary education. Large geographical distances make it difficult to commute on a daily basis. Historically, this area has been the most culturally diverse in Norway, as the domicile of the Sámi Indigenous people and the national minority, the Kven, and the Norwegian ethnic group. This Arctic region is characterised by the encounter with three ethnicities, and traditional industries such as fishing, farming and herding, combined with modern industry and knowledge-intensive enterprises. Despite this multi-ethnic and geographically diverse society, the schools are still struggling with the unit-oriented curriculum, ignoring the diversity among the pupils. When the multi-ethnic society is not embedded in the education system, nor given in the adolescents’ hometown, the education system will be exogenous and will appear foreign. In this paper, we use available public statistics and a literature review, inspired by autoethnographic methodology—whereby authors use their experiences as a person and a long-time researcher in a field to describe, analyse and understand the phenomenon—to argue for a local- and contextual oriented schools to make meaningful and practical improvements to rural education.

An improved Pythagorean fuzzy hybrid aggregation method based on grey correlation for knowledge collaborative innovation partner selection

In the context of open innovation, selecting partners for knowledge collaboration is crucial for knowledge-intensive enterprises, and matching cooperation is key to successful intellectual property cooperation. To provide enterprises with practical tools for partner selection, this paper analyzes the evaluation factors of intellectual property partners. We establish a collaborative innovation intellectual property partner selection model by combining the maximum entropy model with grey relational method, and calculating the comprehensive evaluation value of candidate enterprises by using the improved Pythagorean Fuzzy Hybrid Aggregation (PF-HA) operator. An application example illustrates the feasibility and advantage of the improved PF-HA method improving the selection of intellectual property partners. Compared with other methods, the advantages of PF-HA are shown in that it can simultaneously optimize the use efficiency of multi-partner and multi-dimensional evaluation data, and effectively deal with the ambiguity of expert decision information and the flexibility of index weight in the partner evaluation process.

Organization of Management Systems for Material Resources at Knowledge-Intensive Enterprises

Organization of Management Systems for Material Resources at Knowledge-Intensive Enterprises

Sustainability of Small-Scale Knowledge-Intensive Enterprises in the Agricultural Sector: a Focus on Sustainable Innovators

Sustainability of Small-Scale Knowledge-Intensive Enterprises in the Agricultural Sector: a Focus on Sustainable Innovators

When and how digital platforms empower professional services firms: an agility perspective

PurposeDrawing on a strategic agility perspective, the authors develop a theoretical framework and empirically examine how digital platform adoption and capability impact business performance via digital-enabled strategic agility in the context of professional service firms.Design/methodology/approachThe authors propose and examine a conceptual framework based on survey data from 127 professional service firms in New Zealand.FindingsThis study reveals the impact of digital platform capability on the business performance of professional service firms that employ digital platform technologies. The results suggest that organizational innovation and managers' creative efficacy will be used as distal antecedents and contribute to digital platform capabilities. In addition, digital strategic agility can mediate the link between digital platform capabilities and business performance.Originality/valueThis study is one of the first to investigate when and how digital platforms empower professional service firms. This study reveals the role of digital strategic agility and digital platform capabilities in knowledge-intensive enterprises. This research advances the development of knowledge-based economy in the information age by applying and extending strategic agility to the uncertain and volatile business environment. The authors' new conceptualization provides a deeper understanding of how and why professional services business and organizations can adapt to the post-COVID era smoothly and successfully.

The Problem of Technological Sovereignty and the New Mission of the Central Scientific Department of Russia

The subject of the study is the new mission of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, required to ensure the technological sovereignty of the national economy during the period of the Russia—West power confrontation. The purpose of the article is to develop and substantiate methodological principles for the formation of a new mission of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia more adequate to the current circumstances, consisting in ensuring and reproducing Russia's technological sovereignty in strategic areas of economic development through effective coordination and development of key elements of the national innovation system (science, production, education) through the expansion of the authority and functionality of the department, including the creation of new structural divisions. The shortcomings of the previous regulatory doctrine of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, expressed in the separation of higher education from the needs of the domestic economy, are revealed. The difference in the concepts of local and global client-centricity is shown. Three enlarged strategic areas of activity of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia are considered: personnel training, generation of innovations and implementation of innovations. The goals of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia for 2023-2024 are presented in a modern interpretation. The article concludes that the new mission of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia should be based on compliance with the principle of global client–centricity, according to an expanded interpretation of which the entire policy of the department is aimed at meeting the real needs of specific participants in the national innovation system - knowledge-intensive enterprises, universities, research organizations and the population.

Венчурные инвестиции: сущность и проблемы применения в Российской Федерации

The article examines the essence of venture investment, with different theoretical approaches to its definition and positions of scientists in this regard being considered. The economic nature of venture investments and their role in supporting innovative and knowledge-intensive enterprises, as well as their impact on stimulating the country's economy as a whole, is analyzed. The main stages of startup development and the role of venture investors at each stage are outlined. The currently available statistics data are considered, as well as the development dynamics of the venture capital investment market in the Russian Federation. According to the results of the study, the main problems of the considered type of investment are outlined, options for their resolution are presented and argued.

A paradigm for the development of knowledge-intensive enterprises: The case of agricultural knowledge-intensive enterprises in western Iran

A paradigm for the development of knowledge-intensive enterprises: The case of agricultural knowledge-intensive enterprises in western Iran

A paradigm for the development of knowledge-intensive enterprises: the case of agricultural knowledge-intensive enterprises in west of Iran

A paradigm for the development of knowledge-intensive enterprises: the case of agricultural knowledge-intensive enterprises in west of Iran

ТРАНСФОРМАЦІЯ ІНСТИТУЦІОНАЛЬНОГО СЕРЕДОВИЩА ЗАДЛЯ ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ КОНКУРЕНТОСПРОМОЖНОСТІ РЕГІОНУ

The article explores the prospects for transforming the institutional environment to ensure the competitiveness of the region. The digital economy is seen as a means of enhancing economic growth and increasing the competitiveness of regions and the country as a whole. It is concluded that at the national level it is important to adopt and strengthen the relevant institutional framework for digitalization. The organizational and economic mechanism for managing innovation activity in the region is considered as a system of interrelated elements that ensure the achievement of the goals of innovative development in the context of digitalization of the region's economy. It is presented in the work as a set of organizational and economic methods, methods, tools for influencing innovative activity in the region, based on a systematic approach to the large-scale introduction of digital technologies in regional management processes and technological processes of high-tech and knowledge-intensive enterprises in the region in order to increase the competitiveness of regional business and mass use digital technologies. Institutional transformation is considered in the work not just as a change, but as a transformation that affects the essential quality of the institution. The creation of a new institution in specific socio-economic conditions is considered as a multi-level process, at the highest level of which both conscious mental processes and the personal, collective unconscious are affected, as a result of the onset of a certain kind of events, information impulses are formed that reflect the need of a significant part of society in some institution. The proposed model for the transformation of the regional institutional environment contains such a specific mechanism as the mechanism of convergence, the application of which in practice will ensure the reduction of inter-regional and intra-regional inequality through the mechanisms of stimulating technological progress, the implementation of measures to develop innovative infrastructure in the region, etc. It is concluded that with a strategic focus on smoothing out interregional disparities and equalizing opportunities for access to digital assets, interregional and intercountry digital differences can be compensated through effective institutional measures taken by state, including regional, administration.

ПОВЫШЕНИЕ ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТИ ПРОЦЕССА РАЗРАБОТКИ И ВЫВОДА НА РЫНОК НАУКОЕМКОЙ ПРОДУКЦИИ НА ОСНОВЕ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ «STAGE-GATE»

The purpose of the article is to develop directions for improving the management of the end-toend process of creating and launching high-tech products on the market, which acts as a key efficiency factor in digital transformation. The relevance of the article is due to the fact that the factors and conditions of digital transformation, aggravated by macroeconomic instability, require a restructuring of the management model of industrial knowledge-intensive enterprises. Objectives: 1) identify the features and patterns of the process of creating and launching high-tech products on the market in the digital economy; 2) determine the role of managing the end-to-end process of creating and launching high-tech products on the market as a key efficiency factor in digital transformation; 3) justify the use of the “STAGE-GATE” technology as an adapted approach to the launch of high-tech products, taking into account the influence of changes in the internal and external environment; 4) develop a model of an ideal digital industrial enterprise. Methodology is based on the use of general scientific methods within the framework of a systematic approach: the method of analogy; method of formalization, method of abstraction and logical analysis; decomposition method, structural-logical analysis, synthesis. Results. The conclusion is made about the need for an adapted approach to the launch of high-tech products; here we show the need and feasibility of using the “STAGE-GATE” technology. A description of the “STAGE-GATE” technology is presented, which, unlike the traditional algorithm, allows you to adapt and transform under the influence of changes in the internal and external environment, the emergence of new commercial and technical information about both potential and risks and problems. The prospects of this technology for industrial knowledge-intensive enterprises of medium and large businesses in the fields of robotics, electrical engineering, microelectronics, IT and system integration, and instrument engineering are substantiated. An analysis of the possibilities of combining models “Three components of a digital enterprise: E2M/ E2D/ E2E” was carried out; “Components and systems of a digital enterprise – an ideal model”; “R. Cooper’s Stage-Gate Technology”; “Model stages of implementation of the end-to-end process of creating and launching products on the market – the NPD process” in the process of forming a model of an ideal digital industrial enterprise. Conclusions. The article substantiates that the proposed approach, when applied in practice, will improve the efficiency of the end-to-end process of creating and launching high-tech products on the market due to: 1) the functioning of the elements of a digital enterprise, which are combined into three system areas/ technologies – Design, production and management, namely they determine the implementation of the endto- end process; 2) due to the Stage-Gate technology.

Multicriteria models for structural analysis of human capital reproduction strategies of knowledge-intensive enterprises in the context of digitalization

Improving the human capital reproduction organization, which is a key guideline on the path of innovative development of the digital economy, requires fundamentally new approaches to finding sources of investment in the intangible digital assets formation. It is proposed to calculate the growth rate of the value of intangible digital assets of a knowledge-intensive enterprise on the basis of a reinvestment mechanism according to many criteria. Multi-criteria models have been developed to reflect the potential production capabilities of knowledge-intensive enterprises, their ability to increase investment potential through the introduction of various strategies for the human capital reproduction.

Конкурентные преимущества пространственного развития России в контексте ESG-повестки и трансформации собственности

The economic strategy and prospects for the socio-economic recovery of Russian regions are largely determined by the priorities and sequence of key goals of the country’s spatial development, modern trends in the development of the world economy. The purpose of this article is to identify the complex and contradictory impact of the global restructuring of the world economy on the prospects for the formation of innovative ecosystems in Russian regions. The tasks solved within the framework of the study are to establish current trends in global transformations and develop proposals for the formation of approaches and scenarios for the spatial development of Russian regions. A new stage of world development is associated with the restructuring of the existing system of economic relations and economic relations, determined by the modification of property relations. The paradigm shift allows us to consider the activities of companies not only from the perspective of economic performance, but also from the perspective of impact on nature and society. The main methods of solving the problems posed were empirical methods of comparative and structural analysis, the use of systematic and scenario approaches to regional development, taking into account the ESG agenda. In the course of the study, industrial areas that are part of the Siberian Federal District of the Russian Federation were analyzed. The results of the analysis allowed us to conclude that the ESG concept creates additional restrictions for almost all branches of Russian industry. This made it possible to determine the strategic role of high-tech and knowledge-intensive enterprises in the studied regions as the basic development structures for the target industry segments of the national economy. The novelty of the work lies in the proposed measures that will allow regional, local and corporate governance to adapt to the changes taking place, adjust existing models and tools in accordance with existing experience and traditions.

Desempenho de spin-offs e startups brasileiras: Um estudo sobre a evolução tecnológica a partir do empreendedorismo e das redes

Objective: to understand the relationships in advance of technological maturity and organizational performance in academic spin-offs and Brazilian startups. Method: quantitative research, with the application of 62 questionnaires, 17 of which were used as a pre-test. Originality/Relevance: this paper develops an approach oriented towards knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship in the context of a developing country, using data obtained from academic spin-offs and startups, based on an original model that relates the studied constructs. Results: empirical results made it possible to highlight the importance of Entrepreneurial Orientation as an antecedent of both Knowledge Conversion Capacity and Network Capacity. Theoretical/methodological contributions: aspects related to Entrepreneurial Orientation, Knowledge Conversion Capacity, Network Capacity and Technological Maturity were articulated in a conceptual model with a view to ultimately identifying the determinant mechanisms of Organizational Performance. Social/Management Contributions: the findings underscore the role of the ecosystem as a critical meta-structure for entrepreneurial development. This is because the components of the Entrepreneurial Orientation at the firm level are intrinsically connected with the diffusion of a culture of entrepreneurship in the agents. Additionally, both the Knowledge Conversion Capacity and the Network Capacity encompass the dynamics of interactions and knowledge flows between the firm and agents with complementary capacities. Thus, the results of this research underscore the need to develop a systemic orientation for understanding new knowledge-intensive enterprises.

The Impact of Knowledge Power on Enterprise Breakthrough Innovation: From the Perspective of Boundary-Spanning Dual Search

Breakthrough innovation is key for enterprises to achieve extraordinary development, transformation and upgrading. In the open innovation environment, breakthrough innovation activities are considered to be closely related to enterprise knowledge power and external search strategies. However, there has been no systematic empirical study to explore the internal relationships among the three factors mentioned above. Based on resource dependence theory, this paper explored the impact of knowledge power on enterprise breakthrough innovation from the perspective of boundary-spanning dual search, and examined the moderating effect of absorptive capacity. Using the sample data of 239 knowledge intensive enterprises from China, this paper empirically tested the research hypothesis. The results showed that: (1) the two dimensions of knowledge power (including knowledge control and knowledge influence) have a significant positive impact on enterprise breakthrough innovation; (2) the breadth and depth of boundary-spanning search play a mediating role between knowledge power and enterprise breakthrough innovation; (3) enterprise absorptive capacity significantly strengthens the positive effect of boundary-spanning search on enterprise breakthrough innovation. This study clarified the relationship between knowledge power and breakthrough innovation and provided theoretical support for enterprises to actively take advantage of knowledge power to improve their breakthrough innovation performance.

Training of specialists in knowledge-intensive areas in the United Kingdom

Introduction. The article analyzes the experience of training specialists for science and knowledge-intensive technologies on the example of individual leading UK universities, located close to knowledge-intensive industry: Cambridge University, Manchester University, Imperial College London. Considered educational programs and their features in the context of innovation activities and promotion of advanced technologies. The purpose of the study is to analyze the best practices of training students for science and high-tech technologies on the example of Great Britain. Materials and methods. The study uses analytical method, which allows to analyze the innovative aspects of the training of specialists in science-intensive areas. The analysis was carried out from the standpoint of the system approach to the understanding of student training in universities of science cities. The system approach allowed us to consider the training programs in universities, which are an integral part of science cities, having its own structure formed by various interrelated components, subject to its own logic of development under the influence of various factors. To identify the common and special in the training of specialists for science and science-intensive technologies the method of comparative analysis was used, which allowed to perform a comparative-pedagogical study in the context of training specialists for innovative activities and promotion of cutting-edge technologies. Results. Training of specialists for knowledge-intensive industries in universities of science cities of Great Britain is considered in the article. The common characteristics of the training of students in science-intensive areas in the UK are highlighted. The specifics of interaction of the professional community with the use of information cooperation platforms are considered in the article. Discussion and Conclusion. The obtained results can enrich them with a variety of interactions with knowledge-intensive enterprises and ways of modern communications, new directions of development of knowledge-intensive educational programs, formation of motivated participation in knowledge-intensive project activity of students.

Development and Validation of a Motivation Scale for Status Pursuit by Organization Members.

Based on a literature review and questionnaire survey, the study proposes two tendencies of employees’ status pursuit motivation. It applies exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and other statistical methods to develop a scale of motivation for status which contains nine items and two dimensions. The development stage of this scale consists of the generation of the initial scale, exploratory research and verification research. In the generation stage of the initial scale, we obtained 12 initial questions of the status scale by combing status literature and adopting open questionnaire among employees of knowledge-based enterprises, and determined 10 of them as the questions of the initial scale by text analysis method. In the exploratory research stage, we conducted pre-survey and formal questionnaire collection on some enterprises in Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces of China. In the pre-survey stage, we distributed 100 questionnaires (81 were recovered), and the pre-survey results were satisfactory. Accordingly, 400 questionnaires were distributed (370 were recovered). In the exploratory research stage, we verified the organization member status pursuit motivation scale consisting of two dimensions and nine items. In the stage of validation research, 450 questionnaires were distributed to knowledge-intensive enterprises in Guangdong province, Jiangsu Province, Jiangxi Province and so on (425 were returned). The validation research on organizational membership motivation scale included violation estimation test, confirmatory factor analysis, model fit evaluation, reliability and validity test. Finally, a scale of status pursuit motivation of organization members consisting of two dimensions and nine items is obtained. This study expands the measurement methods of status research from a new perspective and lays a foundation for subsequent empirical research on organizational member status pursuit motivation.

Formation of human capital in the real economy sector: ecosystem approach

Purpose: the purpose of the article is to substantiate the ecosystem approach to managing the interaction of an enterprise with educational and other organizations to provide it with the necessary human capital.Methods: this article is based on an ecosystem approach. A resource approach was used to substantiate the advantages of the professional and educational ecosystem. The method of situational analysis is used. The questionnaire method made it possible to evaluate the results of the ecosystem of a particular enterprise based on the expert`s opinion. The assessment of the structural model of management of the professional and educational ecosystem was carried out using correlation analysis.Results: the possibilities of an ecosystem approach to the formation of new organizational forms of interaction between subjects of the real sector of the economy and the education system in a dynamically changing external environment are shown. The content of the vocational education ecosystem is revealed as a kind of socio-economic, the key features of which are the specific composition of subjects and a special goal (creation of joint value) – reproduction of the enterprise human capital. The key objects of management of the vocational education ecosystem are highlighted: resources, processes, results and interaction of participants. An algorithm for evaluating the management system of the vocational education ecosystem of the enterprise is presented. The experience of the vocational education ecosystem of a knowledge-intensive enterprise is analyzed and practical recommendations for its development are given.Conclusions and Relevance: the approach to the management of the vocational education ecosystem through the analysis of key objects considered in the article has practical significance and allows us to give concrete practical recommendations for its improvement. Based on the results of the analysis of the objects of management of the vocational education ecosystem of the machine-building enterprise, the need to strengthen the relationship of enterprises with educational organizations that form the basis of human capital has been established. The key advantage of the vocational education ecosystem of the enterprise is the unhindered accessibility for employees of the enterprise in advanced training, the implementation of the principle of lifelong learning.